Moonrise: 4 Billion BCE – A much closer moon stirs mountainous tides on the young Earth.

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Cosmographica showcases nearly 500 astronomical paintings, science fiction book covers, and scientific diagrams created from 1968 to the present. The images illustrate not only the evolution of an artist's technique but also our growing understanding of the universe.

Nature, when finally revealed, is often stranger than we imagined, and it is always more beautiful.